Re: What means PHP ? ;-)

Martin writes: > Hello ! > > I tell a lot of people that php is great and good and fast and effizent > to make a web-site. All that stuff. The next question I always get is: > "Okay, what does 'PHP' mean exactly ?". Even > "non-computer-people" know > that HTML means "HyperText Markup Language". > But what the hell does PHP mean ? ;-) > > > The manual (http://www.php.net/manual/preface.php) says: > > PHP stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" Yup...that is exactly correct. Same general idea as Gnu's Not Unix etc. > A book I got through my fingers says: > PHP means "Personal Home Page", which sounds good, too. That was what it meant originally. It is no longer correct, except (I suppose) for (quite) old versions. > A lot of people try to make something like "Pretty Hypertext > Preprocessor" or something like that. > > So.... what should I tell people who ask me ? ;-)) > > Martin 'PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor' -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> Netmill iTech| |http://www.coastnet.com/~torben http://www.netmill.fi| |Ph: 1 250 383-9735 torben@netmill.fi| +----------------------------------------------------------------+